Man arrested for sensitive post on FB
Banihal/Jammu, May 5 (PTI) Police on Tuesday arrested one person for posting sensitive and objectionable comments on facebook in Udhampur district on Tuesday, officials said. On the basis of a complaint, an FIR has been lodged against Rattan Singh of Ramban for a sensitive and objectionable post on the social media platform, they said. SSP […]
Hizb’s de facto chief killed, pvt phones and mobile internet suspended in Valley
Srinagar, May 6 (PTI) Militant group Hizbul Mujahideen’s de facto chief Reyaz Naikoo, on the run for eight years, was killed on Wednesday by security forces in his village in Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. Anticipating a law and order problem, authorities suspended mobile telephone services of private operators and mobile internet services across the […]
Over 2,500 litres of illicit liquor destroyed in Rajouri-Poonch
Jammu, May 6 (PTI) The excise department has destroyed over 2,500 litres of illicit liquor in Rajouri-Poonch range and arrested one person, officials said on Wednesday. In view of complaints of illicit distillation due to closure of wine shops, the department constituted different teams to tighten noose against the violators and conducted raids in several […]
First Hindu youth in Pak joins Air Force
Islamabad, May 6 (PTI) In a first, a Pakistani Hindu youth has become the first person from the minority community to join the Pakistan Air Force. Rahul Dev has been recruited as a General Duty Pilot Officer, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) said in a tweet. Dev hails from Tharparkar district of Sindh province. Sharing […]
Pakistan secures USD 305 million emergency COVID-19 loan from ADB
Islamabad, May 6 (PTI) The ADB and Pakistan have finalised a USD 305 million emergency COVID-19 loan to help the country buy medical equipment and disburse money to poor women, according to a media report on Wednesday. The Asian Development Bank will extend the loan on commercial terms, The Express Tribune reported. Last month, Pakistan […]
COVID-19 infects 548 docs, nurses, paramedics across India
New Delhi, May 6 (PTI) Coronavirus has infected around 548 doctors, nurses and paramedics across the country so far, according to data maintained by the Centre, official sources said on Wednesday. The figure does not include field workers, ward boys, sanitation workers, security guards, lab attendants, peons, laundry and kitchen staff among others. According to […]
29 BSF jawans test positive for coronavirus in Jodhpur
Jodhpur, May 6 (PTI) Twenty-nine BSF jawans, forming part of a company deployed earlier in the Walled City area in Delhi on internal security duty, tested positive for Covid-19 here on Wednesday, an official of the border guarding force said. All these jawans had been shifted to the Subsidiary Training Center (STC) of BSF on […]
COVID-19 death toll touches 1,694; cases rise to 49,391
New Delhi, May 6 (PTI) The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,694 and the number of cases climbed to 49,391 in the country on Wednesday, registering an increase of 126 deaths and 2,958 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases is 33,514. A […]
Civilian killed in shootout in Kupwara buried at isolated place
Srinagar, May 6 (PTI) In a first such instance, the body of a civilian killed in a brief shootout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district was not handed over to his family but buried at an isolated place, officials said on Wednesday. Mohammad Hazim Bhat, 14, was killed in a brief shootout when militants opened […]
Updated: Top Hizb commander killed in South Kashmir village
Srinagar, May 6 (PTI) A top Hizbul Mujahideen commander, on the run for eight years, was on Wednesday killed in an encounter with security forces in his home village in Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. The Jammu and Kashmir authorities have already snapped mobile internet services across the valley as a precautionary measure, in anticipation […]